Matt Berger

Sun Microsystems Inc. plans to start selling a new, faster version of its 64-bit UltraSparc III microprocessor by the end of October, the company said in a statement issued Monday.

Lawyers for the U.S. Department of Justice and the 18 state attorneys general opposing Microsoft Corp. in its antitrust case filed a brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Thursday asking it to deny the software maker's request for a rehearing.

Microsoft Corp.'s top executive in charge of its operating system said Friday the company is on track to release its controversial Windows XP operating system by the Oct. 25 deadline, and is not preparing a contingency plan to fend off government and industry attacks.

A startup with a key patent that gives it control over space on the Windows-dominated desktop says it has developed a product that will allow Microsoft Corp. competitors to squeeze their way on to PCs, just as AOL Time Warner Inc. plans to do through deals with PC makers.

Sun Microsystems Inc. and Hewlett-Packard Co. are expected to announce separately Monday that they will make projects under development at the companies available to developers under the open source model, adding further support to the collaborative development model.

The U.S. Department of Justice on Friday asked an appeals court to speed up the process for sending the government's antitrust case against software maker Microsoft Corp. back to the trial court.

Hewlett-Packard Co.'s research lab and NTT DoCoMo Inc., Japan's largest mobile telecommunication carrier, are working closely to develop a better way of delivering streaming media to cell phones and mobile devices, HP researchers said last month.

Microsoft Corp. issued a security bulletin late Thursday warning of a hole in the Windows 2000 operating system that allows intruders to relay spam e-mail from a remote PC.